CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM ELLSWORTH BUNKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-490-7-12-7
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 16, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/03: LOC-HAK-490-7-12-7
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T 0 P S E C R E T SENSITIVE 1609252 S 2 VIA CAS CHANNELS (BUNKER)
FROM: AMBASSADOR B N ER `"'SAIGON 0159
TO: THE WHITE HOUSS,,EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
REF: WHS 2162
1. THANK YOU FOR REFERENCED MESSAGE, BY LONG ODDS THE MOST INTERESTING
TO COME OUT OF THESE MEETINGS. I AGREE THAT THEY MUST BE HURTING. DO
YOU THINK, ALSO, READING THE POLLS HAS MADE THEM LESS INTRANSIGENT,
THAT COMING TO SOME ACCOMMODATION NOW IS BETTER THAN THE PROSPECT
OF FOUR MORE TOUGH YEARS?'
2. I ASKED TO SEE THIEU TODAY, BUT FIND THAT HE IS TIED UP IN A LONG
CABINET MEETING AND IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT TWO MORE DECREE
LAWS.. I ,HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE HIM AT 0930 TOMORROW. I WILL
IMPRESS ON HIM THE POINTS MADE IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 7 WITH WHICH I
FULLY AGREE. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN UNDERSTANDING AND VERY FOREBEARING
IN DEFERRING TO HIS VIEWS AND I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NOW BE FIRM IN
MAKING CLEAR THAT WE ALSO HAVE IMPERATIVES.
3. THIEU INFORMED ME YESTERDAY THAT HE WOULD HAVE A LETTER FOR THE
PRESIDENT TODAY, AND NHA HAS JUST DELIVERED IT TO ME. I AM TRANS-
MITTING.IT.IN THE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MESSAGE. YOU WILL NOTE AGAIN
HIS CONCERN OVER THE THREE-COMPONENT FORMULA WHETHER IT IS IN A
GOVERNMENT OR UNDER ANY OTHER FORM SUCH AS THE CNR. I HAVE TRIED
TO EXPLAIN MANY TIMES THAT THE CNR IS NOT A GOVERNMENT AND THAT THE
GVN POSSESSES AMPLE SAFEGUARDS.IN ITS VETOES ALL ALONG THE LINE.
I HAVE ALSO EXPLAINED MANY TIMES THE RATIONALE OF OUR GAME PLAN
IN ENABLING US TO CARRY THROUGH TO. NOVEMBER. IT IS APPARENT ALSO,
AS I MENTIONED IN MY LAST MESSAGE, THAT THE PRG'S SEPTEMBER 11
STATEMENT SERVED TO CONFIRM AND STRENGTHEN THIEU'S APPREHENSIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT RADIO AND PRESS OUTCRY AGAINST IT EVER
SINCE IT WAS ISSUED.
4. CERTAINLY THIS LAST MEETING IS THE MOST ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT
YET - YOUR PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE SEEM TO BE PAYING OFF AND I SEND
CONGRATULATIONS AND WARMEST REGARDS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2013/01/03: LOC-HAK-490-7-12-7